Released 25 September 2012 Length 30:50 Movie Pitch Perfect | Genre A cappella
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Label Universal Music Enterprises Awards American Music Award for Top Soundtrack Similar Pitch Perfect 2, Across the Universe, O Brother - Where Art Thou?, The Hunger Games: C, Southpaw | ||
Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official music for the 2012 film Pitch Perfect. The soundtrack was released digitally on September 25, 2012, and physically on October 2, 2012. Three songs from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "Cups" by Anna Kendrick, which peaked at number 6; "Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just the Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A./Turn the Beat Around" by The Barden Bellas, which peaked at number 85; and "Riff Off: Mickey/Like a Virgin/Hit Me with Your Best Shot/S&M/Let's Talk About Sex/I'll Make Love to You/Feels Like the First Time/No Diggity" by The Barden Bellas, The Treblemakers, and the BU Harmonics, which has peaked at number 86.
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The album was the sixth best-selling soundtrack of 2012 with 212,000 copies sold for the year. The album also became the best-selling soundtrack of 2013 in the United States, with 793,000 copies sold in 2013. As of April 2015, the album has sold a total of 1.2 million copies in the US.
Singles
A remixed and longer version of "Cups" by Kendrick was released to radio on March 26, 2013 and was later used as a theme song for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup football tournament. In August 2013, it peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Special edition
The EP version of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on December 18, 2012 in iTunes and physically as a Target exclusive. The EP contains four tracks that are performed by other rival groups of The Barden Bellas and The Treblemakers.
More From Pitch Perfect
This version of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on June 4, 2013. It contains eight tracks that are featured in the film, as well as the Pop Version of "Cups."
Ultimate Pitch Perfect
The Ultimate Edition version of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on February 10, 2015 to coincide with the release of Pitch Perfect 2. It contains all 24 tracks from the previous three releases (Original, Special Edition, and More From).
Songs
1Don't Stop the MusicThe Treblemakers3:05
2Let It WhipThe Treblemakers2:22
3Since U Been GoneSkylar Astin - Ester Dean2:26